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What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
Your brain got stuck. Here's how to unstick it.
Who it's for
Kids are invited to draw their OCD, picture it throwing a tantrum when they don't obey it, and practise new responses, which turns a confusing, frightening experience into something they can see and push back against.
Stuck and bossed around by worries→In charge and capable
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What it is
An interactive workbook that explains OCD to children in plain language, using examples, drawing and writing activities to help kids notice when their thinking has got stuck on a worry. It teaches step-by-step, CBT-based tools such as talking back to OCD and showing it who's boss, and includes an introduction with guidance for parents.
Where to find it
In print from Magination Press (American Psychological Association) and widely available in libraries.
Before you start
Age: Ages 6–12
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
